Varlyndria Server Alpha

[Drakiyth]

THE CHAOS BEGINS 05/01/12


Choose between 48 paths to conquer your enemies with and become a hero or villain of Norrath!


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[satora54]

My body is ready

[Thorkinal]

I'm happy its finally opening, just wish it was not in the middle of the week >.<

[Drakiyth]

I must of been of tired when I posted the launch date earlier. I meant.

05/01/2012 :oops: :D



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[Drakiyth]

I'm happy its finally opening, just wish it was not in the middle of the week >.<

Sorry, it's the best time for me personally to open it up and see how it goes. It will be available when you get off work! No worries.

[Kavanah]

15 days before D3 launch, guess I know what I'll be busy with for the next 15 days come May 1st =)

[Thorkinal]

Sadly, i'm Highly disappointed with D3.

[Drakiyth]

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NOTE: Please keep in mind the level cap is enforced on an Alpha Phase to keep everything balanced and I will be raising the cap as I add content. The characters you create are permanent so you can get serious about them and just grow with the content updates and level changes.


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[Kavanah]

Any chance the server will open up before tomorrow? =)

[Drakiyth]

Any chance the server will open up before tomorrow? =)

I actually have time to test the server a bit right now. I need people to get on the server lobby and please tell me if they can see Varlyndria up on the list. Thank you for your help. I have it up right now so try to log on and get a character going if you do see it. Whether or not the server will be stable enough for a lot of play tonight I don't know but it's worth trying.

If my server does not appear on the list please tell me.

[Kavanah]

I posted on the forums as well, my username is Judah, I can see the server on the list but cannot join it.

[kylekurth]

Same, I saw it on the list but I could not join earlier

[Drakiyth]

I'm doing some testing to make sure the server is ready for the 1st. Thank you for the feedback, I'm working on getting everything fixed so keep trying once in a while. Also, please post on here any errors you're getting with detail.

Thank you. :D

[Drakiyth]

I just made a good deal of adjustments. Can you connect now?

[jabantiz]

I just tried to connect and still get booted back to login after a while.

[Drakiyth]

I just tried to connect and still get booted back to login after a while.

Okay, thank you. I seem to be having some trouble with the IP/Port Forwarding and I'm trying to correct it. Thanks for being patient and helping with the matter by trying to connect.

[Drakiyth]

Hello everybody,

I am back on my comcast router and I found the port RANGED forwarding successfully and added/saved them with ease. The Qwest modem seems to be a bit more complicated because for some reason the Port Forwarding and Advanced Port Forwarding are one and the same or hidden or something. It's extremely goofy.

Go ahead and try to connect to Varlyndria now. *crosses fingers*

[cathbad83]

I just tried to log in and it is still hanging on a black screen for a few minutes before dropping back to the log in screen.

[kylekurth]

Same here, freezing up then kicking to log in screen

[Drakiyth]

I'm thinking it has something to do with my config. I'll be working on this all day so stand by. I have some experts assisting with the issue as well.

[Akkadius]

I'm thinking it has something to do with my config. I'll be working on this all day so stand by. I have some experts assisting with the issue as well.

Is it on a Windows OS? Clear your ports for your zone processes and world (9000, 7000-7500). Make sure that your port forwarding is forwarding those ports to the inside address on your router/modem.

For example if your server is on 192.168.1.x - 192.168.1.45

Your port forwarding needs to translate to that inside address for those ports.

Make sense?

Thanks,
Akkadius

[Drakiyth]

Is it on a Windows OS? Clear your ports for your zone processes and world (9000, 7000-7500). Make sure that your port forwarding is forwarding those ports to the inside address on your router/modem.

For example if your server is on 192.168.1.x - 192.168.1.45

Your port forwarding needs to translate to that inside address for those ports.

Make sense?

Thanks,
Akkadius

Yes, Windows 7
Would the one I need to forward the ports to register as the IPV4 Address on the Dos Prompt Ipconfig?

[Akkadius]

Yes, Windows 7
Would the one I need to forward the ports to register as the IPV4 Address on the Dos Prompt Ipconfig?

When I said clear your ports I meant on the firewall sorry. As far as the port forwarding which is different, you need those ports on your router to get forwarded to the inside addresses that is running the server (Assuming your server is running behind the router). Your router is running NAT translations so that you can perform internet tasks through the one public IP address through your router. When a packet gets sent inbound for 9000, it needs to know where to go and by specifying which IP address at the router in which that packet needs to forward is what you need to do.

So say your router is 64.89.65.34 (Just an example)

Inside server address is 192.168.34.34

Your port forwarding needs to look like this

192.168.34.34 9000
192.168.34.34 7000-7500

Your Windows machine needs to also have those ports opened up on the firewall or it is going to explicitly deny all traffic coming inbound for those ports.

So to answer your other question, yes, you need to use the IP address that is specified by doing ipconfig at the CMD prompt.

Hopefully this helps

[Drakiyth]

It's up! Everybody get on and enjoy! Currently 8 people on.

[Drakiyth]

I am aware of the chat not working on the server and I am working on fixing it. Thanks for the feedback. :D

[Drakiyth]

The zone problem should be fixed now. Thanks for all of the feedback. :D I am still working on getting the global chat going so please be patient and report any bugs you find. Thank you.

[Drakiyth]

The chat is fixed! Get on there and enjoy! :D

[Drakiyth]

The Alpha is officially underway and over 150 accounts have already signed up on Varlyndria! Get on and experience this unique first Alpha for yourself!
So far the community is a bunch of great people and the exp is not super fast either giving players a feel of accomplishment! Choose between 48 sub class paths from swarming animals and scarabs, lightning sword rangers, dark empowered necromancers, monks who can throw ninja stars and actually kill you, warriors who are better with a shield and can bash thier enemy into oblivion and much much more! Every class has something special they can be. :grin:

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[Maze_EQ]

The whole bot thing turns me away from the server, Nice layout though.

[jabedoben]

Why are people so against bots? I played on Last World for a year and never had any problems with them. I thought they were fun.

[xinu]

I personally have no issues with bots and see them as a great addittion to any server espically on new servers just starting out since most don't have the population to support not having them.
Now if you server had a large enough player base on at all time's of the day/night or specially designed to be soloable then sure not having them would be fine.

Now back on topic i look forward to giving your server a try once i get some free time and good luck to you so far it look's like your off to a good start.

[boweq]

without mobs , it would take 10x as long as to kill mobs , already with bots the xp is slow + long fights

[Drakiyth]

I apologize about the current bugs on the server and are working very hard on eliminating them. Thank you for all of your testing because it's going to make Varlyndria into a better server over time.

The next update for Varlyndria will hopefully be in a week or two and it's going to feature an event that should bring players together and weapon quests for all of the paths that will expand and balance everything even more than now. The level cap will also raise to 25 in this update. Thank you once again for your patience, testing and help with the server.

[Drakiyth]

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[Drakiyth]

Attempting to bring the server back up in a different location. Please try to log in.

[waternorth2]

Drak, I love my class/specialization, and I love the server, but I don't love how long it takes to level up :( any chance this will be tweaked over the next couple of updates?

[Calabeth]

There is nothing wrong with the delay in leveling up. If you want faster go elsewhere or make your own.

Just because you cannot reach lvl 20 within 30 mins or even a few hours does not mean anything is wrong.

[kylekurth]

With LotD running I got to level 12 in 4 hours. That is pretty fast if you think about it. Plus Drak is putting in custom quests items and classes. Why would you want to fly through all of that? The leveling speed is ment to be slower so you can enjoy the game. Also, this is ALPHA stage, not even BETA. But, as far as I know, Drak is keeping the exp where it is. Do not go anywhere else, stay on Varlyndria but just enjoy the game and become part of our GROWING community :D

[Drakiyth]

UPDATE 05/06/12 9:54pm MST - INSTALL NEW FILES BELOW

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE LATEST FILES FOR THIS UPDATE
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The new DBstr contains many missing things that weren't in
the game before. Special thanks to the community for this fix!
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Added Shrunken Heads to the Varlyndrian General Merchants.
Using these foul smelling things can somehow shrink you...
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Shrink is now a level 1 spell for shamans and beastlords.
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Soulrager's Spirit Healing Rank 1 has had its hatred lowered
and now heals for 50% more.
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Bladesinger's Singing Blades Rank 1 now deals 66% more
damage with 1hs but is now considered a song instead of a
normal buff.
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Enchanter's Enchant Silver, Gold, Electrum, Platinum, Clay,
Mithril, Velium, Adamantite, Steel and Brelium are now level 10.
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Enchanter's Mass Enchant Silver, Gold, Electrum, Platinum, Clay,
Mithril, Velium, Adamantite, Steel and Brelium are now level 20.
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All resistances for NPCs have been greatly lowered.
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has had a massive boost to its hatred.
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Virulent Savage's Aura Of Filth Rank 1 has had a massive boost
to its hatred.
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The Guardian charm now has Echo Of Anger Rank 1 instead of Parry/block 1.
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Assassin's Killer Instinct Rank 1 has had its extra backstab
damage increased by 50%.
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Slayer's Combat Mastery Rank 1 has had its Kick damage
increased by 100%.
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Conjurer's summoned weapons do not proc force snap as
often as they used to.
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[Drakiyth]

UPDATE: MAY 07 2012

PLEASE GET THE LATEST FILES FOR THIS PATCH. Varlyndria Files 05/07/12

Swarmer pet paths have received an update and less mobs are summoned now
to save on server lag. In return these special pets have been buffed and
changed. All swarmer pets are now considered level 10 but have different
variations.

Brigand's Thugs Tier 1:
Summon per click 2, Class: Rogue, Damage 11-33 + Backstab, HP 60

Earthguard's Animal Tier 1:
Summon per click 1, Class: Ranger, Damage 22-66 +Kick/Bash/Spells, HP 120

Ghostcaller's Ghost Tier 1:
Summon per click 2, Class: Shaman, Damage 11-33 +Kick/Bash/Spells, HP 60

Dune Raiser's Scarab Tier 1:
Summon per click 3, Class: Berserker, Damage 8-22 +Frenzy/Kick/Bash, HP 40

Timeweaver's Rift Victim Tier 1:
Summon per click 1, Class: Warrior, Damage 22-66 +Kick/Bash, HP 180


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[boweq]

Drakiyth , Will the XP be increased at all? also Charm drops? I Spent like 4hours trying to farm one and not a single drop , are you keeping the same drop rate or?

[Drakiyth]

Drakiyth , Will the XP be increased at all? also Charm drops? I Spent like 4hours trying to farm one and not a single drop , are you keeping the same drop rate or?

I didn't want to give players a free charm, I wanted them to work for it a bit. The drop rate is 5% on all Tier 1 enemies. The Exp is currently not planned to change but as the level cap raises I'll see how players feel.


UPDATE 05/08/12 (VARLYNDRIA ALPHA PHASE 1)

PLEASE GET THE LATEST FILES FOR THIS UPDATE. Varlyndria Files 05 08 12
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ALL TIER 1 CHARMS THAT WERE CURRENTLY STORED ON BOTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
PLEASE DO NOT STORE CHARMS ON BOTS AND EXPLOIT THE CURRENT BUG UNTIL I GET
THE QUEST FIXED. THANK YOU.
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ALL TIER 1 PATH PETS HAVE HAD SOME MAJOR UPGRADES! LOOK BELOW AT ALL THE
COOL CHANGES!
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COMMANDER'S SOLDIER

LEVEL 18 WARRIOR, DAMAGE 45 to 135, Double Attack/Bash/Kick, HP 540 +30%
Bonus 702

SPECIAL: MELEE PROC: Expose Weakness Rank 1 - Reduces the target's armor
and resistances for 1 minute.
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SWARMER'S WASP

LEVEL 18 ROGUE, DAMAGE 45 to 135, Double Attack/Backstab/Kick/Bash, HP 540

SPECIAL: MELEE PROC: Venom Rank 1 - Deals 1-160 burst and 1-180 damage over
18 seconds at level 20.
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WILDHEART'S TREEANT

LEVEL 14 DRUID, DAMAGE 35-105, Spells/Kick/Bash, HP 420

SPECIAL: NONE - NOTE: This treeant is also summoned with an AOE regen spell
at the same time.
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CELESTIAL CHAMPION'S GRIFFIN

LEVEL 18 PALADIN, DAMAGE 45 to 135, Double Attack/Spells/Bash/Kick, HP 540

SPECIAL: MELEE PROC: Wrath
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HERETIC'S DEMON

LEVEL 18 WIZARD, DAmAGE 45 to 135, Spells/Kick/Bash, HP 540

SPECIAL: MELEE PROC: Flame Shock
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ARCANE ENGINEER'S GOLEM

LEVEL 18 BERSERKER, DAMAGE 45 to 135, Double Attack/Frenzy/Kick/Bash HP 540

SPECIAL: MELEE PROC: Force Snap
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VOLCANIST'S VOLCANIC ELEMENTAL

LEVEL 18 BERSERKER, DAMAGE 45 to 135, Double Attack/Frenzy/Kick/Bash HP 540

SPECIAL: MELEE PROC: Flame Shock
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ABYSSALIST'S OCEANIC ELEMENTAL

LEVEL 18 WARRIOR, DAMAGE 45 to 135, Double Attack/Kick/Bash HP 540 +30%
Bonus 702

SPECIAL: MELEE PROC: Sea Spawn Rank 1 - Summons a level 10 Sea Creature to
fight the target.
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PLAGUEBRINGER'S ZOMBIE RAT

LEVEL 18 BERSERKER, DAMAGE 45 to 135, Double Attack/Frenzy/Kick/Bash, HP 540

SPECIAL: MELEE PROC: Venom Rank 1 - Deals 1-160 burst and 1-180 damage over
18 seconds at level 20.

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[Drakiyth]

UPDATE 05 08 12 - (VARLYNDRIA SERVER ALPHA 1)

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE LATEST FILES 05 08 12 3:18pm MST

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Abyssalist Pet now procs a storm surge spell which does 253 cold and has a cool
rain animation. The damage of this proc is identical to the Volcanist Elemental's
Flame Shock.

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There is new Merchant in the Guild Lobby which offers some more exotic crafting
goods for a price.

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Many crafting items have had their value increased to better reflect the money
on the server.

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Gorbatroth The Crusher is now a rare spawn in Mount Rathe but he drops something
very powerful now.

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[jabedoben]

One thing I noticed with the bots. My tank bot wasn't holding aggro and my cleric was getting it all. Then I discovered #bot taunt on and it works good now. You do have to use the command every time you zone.

[Drakiyth]

UPDATE 05 09 12 (VARLYNDRIA ALPHA PHASE 1)

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Adventurer's Gear has some new weapon models and icons.
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Players shouldn't be able to hit themselves with their own ranged weapons
now.
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Bot mana regeneration has improved.
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Bots will now buff the entire group with a single spell instead of
individually.
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Elven Crusaders drop more money now.
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Gorbatroth has been reduced in size to cut down on spell lag.
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Updated to revision 61 and added several changes which should fix
several things like bot stances and guilds hopefully.

EDIT: FAILURE DID NOT WORK
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[Drakiyth]

QUICK RESTART - 05/09/12 SMALL UPDATE

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Added some powerful bracers to the Adventurer's merchant.
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Added a monk robe to the Adventurer's Merchant.
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The Monk headband quests has been revamped and are active
for all races. You can get these quests in the Varlyndrian
monk guild. If anybody else has NPCs they want fixed in
their own guild please post them on the forums and I'll
revamp those quests to be doable by all races and give
better rewards.
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[jabedoben]

Drak this server is shaping up really well. It's a great idea. Keep up the good work!

[Drakiyth]

Drak this server is shaping up really well. It's a great idea. Keep up the good work!

I'm trying to get it fixed up as best I can. It hasn't been easy so I really appreciate all the support. This is my first EQemu
server and alpha so it's a learning process too.

[Drakiyth]

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE AWESOME EQEMU COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF THEIR HELP!

MAINTENANCE COMPLETE 05/10/12
UPDATED TO VERSION 2141 SUCCESSFULLY!

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#bot stance works and is finally in the game!
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Guilds work now!
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Added a cool NPC in the Varlyndrian guild lobby that sells velious
gems for the armor quests! I hope you saved up!
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[Drakiyth]

ONLINE CHANGES - 05/11/12

I Have began adding new code to the path npcs which will prevent players from choosing more than one path now as originally intended. Players can turn their charms into the new Path Changer NPC in the guild lobby to unlock the ability to become something different within their guild. I have the warriors done right now and should have the rest of the classes done in a couple days.

Please keen in mind I will be doing a final purge of charms on bots to finally get the server balanced where it needs to be. With this change I feel the experience could be toned up a bit now so I will probably up it a couple notches.

[Drakiyth]

SMALL UPDATE - 05/12/12

Experience rates have been increase by 0.2
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Max level is now 25.
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The bug that was causing UI and Macro loss is gone now.
IF you changed your files please rename them back to "Varlyndria".
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[Drakiyth]

SERVER DOWNTIME - 05/14/12 -12:00pm MST

The server will be coming down at 05/14/12 - 12:00pm MST. The estimated downtime is 2 hours.

NOTE TO ALL PLAYERS: Bots will be purged of all charms while the server is down tomorrow. I have added code to all NPC paths which finally brings Varlyndria to the balance I originally intended. Players can no longer get more than one charm and the only way they can change paths is by turning their current charm into the new PATH CHANGER npc located in the Guild Lobby.

[Drakiyth]

UPDATE 05/14/12 (VARLYNDRIA ALPHA PHASE 1)

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE LATEST FILES FOR THIS UPDATE - Varlyndria Files 05 14 12
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Varlyndrian Herald: One of the Norrathians swear they saw the shadow of a huge
being next to a holy place. The man died shortly after and wasn't able to tell
the exact location of where he saw it.
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Varlyndria will soon be hosted on a powerful server machine. This should allow a lot
more players in one zone and raids will be possible with bots, swarm classes
and more.
(Special thanks to Lord Adakos)
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Barison Garthak now has a new TANKING weapon to give to new tank players or bots.
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The Adventurer's merchant now has a new TANKING weapon for sale for players or
bots.
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All Tier 1 path charms on bots have been removed. This will be the last purge
because all class path NPCs are now fixed and will never allow more than 1 charm
per character at any given time. Players may change their path but they must
first turn their charm into the Path Changer who can be found inside the main
Varlyndrian Lobby.
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Tier 1 charms have been changed back to normal lore because of the changes.
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[boweq]

ETA untill path weapons are out?

[Drakiyth]

Sometime this month is what I am aiming for.

[Drakiyth]

UPDATE: 05/15/12

NOTE: Look for the server on the top of the white server listings. It now looks like this: !Varlyndria

Varlyndria is officially on a hosted server now and should be running much better for guild raids, massive bot parties and swarm pets!

Enjoy!




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[Drakiyth]

RESTART 05/16/12


Bots are back to normal and group buff, cap at 5 and have extremely fast mana regen.


PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE SERVER IS UP BUT IT DOESN'T CURRENTLY SHOW ON THE LAUNCHER LIST REGISTERED. (WORKING ON FIXING THIS)
Look for ! Varlyndria at the top of the white list.

[Drakiyth]

SMALL UPDATE 05/16/12


Resistance bonuses for being higher level that the caster have changed in the casters
favor. The target will no longer gain 5% per level higher than the caster but instead now
gain 2%. This will allow a level 25 caster going against a level 45 enemy almost a 50% chance
to land their attacks instead of 100% resists as before.

Pets no longer steal exp of any kind.

[Drakiyth]

UPDATE - 05/18/12


PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE LATEST FILES FOR THIS UPDATE - Varlyndria Files 05 18 12
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Conjurer's weapons no longer have a proc and their staff is now nodrop/magician
only and has changed from a proc to a clicky effect. The clicky is the old proc
spell. The weapon models have been nerfed for tradable items. This change was to
bring Conjurer's into their own realm instead of being used as bot suppliers only.
Conjurer's can still supply bots and other players with nice stat weapons but the
day of 5 berserker bots with conjured proc weapons is over.

Conjurer's can also summon a nice 1 handed sword now too. (as per request)
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Diablo The Lord Of Terror and Gorbatroth the Crusher have had their health
nerfed by 60% because of the new changes to conjured weapons.
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Clerics now gain a large amount of fire spells from the wizard class. The spells
gained are 2 levels higher than when wizards gain them. This change is to help the
Heretic dps path actually do something besides watch their pet fight.
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[Irreverent]

Wow, spam! If you need help getting your own forums for patch notes, let me know and I'll help. This seems like a twitter feed, not the purpose of this forum.

[Drakiyth]

Wow, spam! If you need help getting your own forums for patch notes, let me know and I'll help. This seems like a twitter feed, not the purpose of this forum.

I have a forums on my site. (I update both) Players who might not have liked a certain feature of Varlyndria can read updates here to come back to it. Plus there is nothing wrong with updating my game threads with info players might want to read. This gets more people to my personal forums and lets everybody know the server even exists. Calling it spam is rather insulting.



QUICK UPDATE - 05/20/12

Experience lost on death has been reduced.
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Clients may now have 6 IPs instead of 3 IPs in game at once.
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Several NPCs have been fixed on their money drops.
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[Drakiyth]

UPDATED FROM THE BOXING VOTE - MY FINAL WORD


The vote is over. 2 boxing will be enforced and I am sorry for all the trouble and if this seems unfair.


I've made my mind up. I can't allow players to have that kind of power solo. It defeats the entire purpose of a raid (multiple people fighting together) and allows players to solo raids.. I just can't allow this anymore and its hurting the server. IPs will become 2 max and this will never change.


Thanks for the small pole but ultimately I have to balance the server and allowing that power is not a good thing. I apologize to anybody who feels this sucks or is unfair but giving you the ability to have your entire own raid is eliminating the entire point of raiding with friends and guilds and ultimately crushes the aspect of players working together.


The change will take effect immediately.

[Drakiyth]

I feel the 2 box rule cheats players who were using the original 3 box rule since the birth of the server. I will be putting it back to 3 and it will stay 3. This will also help FAMILIES who want to play on the server a lot more than 2. Sorry for mix up and bullshit. What's not broken doesn't need to be fixed. With this said: Do not ask me for personal favors on changing these rules.

[Drakiyth]

UPDATE 05/21/12

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE LATEST FILES FOR THIS UPDATE - VARLYNDRIA FILES 05 21 12

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All Thurgadin Velious Armor has been improved in stats.
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Most custom items no longer share a cooldown with other cooldowns.
This should fix a good deal of charms or items that seem broken.
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All charms now have Rank 1 at the end of them. This is to show
players it's the first charm and you'll be able to upgrade them
in a later update.
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Warchanters have a new animation on their charm's proc.
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Terrorizers now have their fear/snare as a recourse on their
charm spell. This allows them to toss the dot on bosses or other
creatures that are immune to these effects. In addition, the
spell now deals instant damage along with its dot ticks.
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Cryomancers now have their snare effect as a recourse on their
charm spell. This allows them to hit bosses or other
creatures with thier ice nuke even if they are immune to the
snare. This also allows the spell to critical strike, making
the path a lot stronger. The damage of the spell has also been
increased to 475 at level 20 up from 415. This gets it 25
points away from the Pyromancer spell.
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Herald: "Extra! Extra! Somebody has reported a vile creature terrorizing
Lake Rathe! Varlyndria need to act fast and get on the move!
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[Drakiyth]

UPDATE 05/22/12

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Barisons, Adventurers and Conjured Monk/Beastlord weapons have had
their weight reduced from 8.5 to 0.1.
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Sage's Robe - now has a 5 second cast time clicky instead of 28.
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There is a new NPC which teaches players their skills in the guild
lobby. Special thanks to Xiao for the work on this.
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Several clicky recasts have been adjusted and should hopefully work
as the following: Tier 1 charms, Summoned Items, and Boss Items are
now on their own seperate timers. This means a clicky from a boss
item will effect the other boss clicky but not the tier 1 charm or
summon item cast.
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Diablo has moved to Lavastorm Mountains next to Najena.
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Watertorn items that produce Clarity and Enduring breath no longer
have a 30 second recast and are now instant.
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Velious gems are now NO DROP and can't be resold to a merchant.
However, a player may still purchase or win them from the casino.
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Magician: Magical Bag Of The Conjurer Rank 1 is now a 5 minute recast
and no longer shares the same recast as the Conjurer's Master Staff Of Force.
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[Drakiyth]

UPDATE 05/23/12

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE NEW FILES FOR UPDATE: Varlyndria Files 05 23 12

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Barison's Dagger and Diablo's Dagger Of Hellfire now have double the backstab they
used to before.
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Paladins and Shadowknights now have Touch Of Death and Touch Of Life in their
spell books. These spells can be used every 5 minutes and gain level+1 x50
damage/healing These are excellent alternatives to the harmtouch/lay on hands and
can be used much more often.
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Path charm spells are now almost impossible to resist.
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The Terrorizer charm now has a 100% snare as well as its damage over time, but the
fear effect has been removed. (there will be a quick optional use fear clicky on
their sword in update 1.0) The spell is now called Curse Of Crippling Torment
Rank 1. This spell can be used on custom bosses with no problems.
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The Cryomancer charm has been changed. It is now usable every 6 seconds down from
15 but the snare has been nerfed to 50% and the damage can never critical hit. This
still lets them do very close to the damage of a pyromancer and still reign as the
kiting wizard gods of Varlyndria.
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Wildheart's Groves Serenity spell now heals for 40 a tick regen for 30 minutes at
level 20 instead of 20 points.
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Sharphin has changed his strategy a bit and now drops a couple new weapons!
He can be found residing somewhere in Lake Rathetear.
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[Drakiyth]

QUICK UPDATE 05/23/12

Please download the new files - VARLYNDRIA FILES 05 23 12 - 152pm MST


We have upped the connections of the server. This may help with lag in a lot of zones.
*crosses fingers*
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The Touch Of Life spell for paladins has been fixed and no longer acts like an
attack spell.
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The custom thurgadin helmets now have improved stats just like the original ones.
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[Drakiyth]

UPDATE: 05/23/12

Kael Drakkel can now be instanced! Thurg armor grinders rejoice! Talk to the Varlyndrian Timewarper at the entrance to Kael Drakkel (eastern wastes side) for a trip into the place. Special thanks to Xiao for all his hard work on this.

[Drakiyth]

UPDATE 05/25/12

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The server is back up on the East Coast machine.
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Guilds are working again.
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Added boots to the normal venders in the Main Lobby.
Why Verant/Sony decided to make it where you have to
pay a visit to the local medieval shoe store baffles me.
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Diablo and Sharphin have gained some new loot and
Diablo no longer holds the loot he drops.
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Sharphin spawns in the Lake Of Ill Omen as well as
Lake Rathtear now.
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[Drakiyth]

QUICK UPDATE 05/26/12

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Bow Of Searing Hellfire has been fixed.
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A powerful agent of Voldrothus has appeared in Tox forest.
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[jabedoben]

Drak do you ever sleep? =P

[Drakiyth]

UPDATE 05/26/12

Please download the latest files for this update - Varlyndria Files 05/26/12 737pm MST

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Watertorn Ring Of The Dark Sea now grants +25% Spell Haste instead of Spell Damage.
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Watertorn Mantle Of Riptide now grants Reduced Spell Cost 10% instead of Healing +25%.
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Slayer's damage has been increased.
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Diviners have gained a new healing spell on their charm called Divine Health Rank 1.
It heals a target for 400 base at level 20 and removes 5 poison and disease counters.
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Pyromancers, Cryomancers and Timeweavers have had their spell charm damage
increased by 50%. This change was to help wizards keep up with melee and
pet classes dps.
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Distortionists can now charm an enemy for 15 minutes straight. Up from 2.
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Mind Flayers do more damage with 1hb, pierce and 2hb weapons now and should no longer
cause as much agro as they have been with their proc.
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Velician Seers do more damage now and their ice proc can't be resisted as much.
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Soulreapers pet proc is much harder to resist and their damage bonus to spells has
increased by 100%.
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Stormblades cause less hate now on their lightning blast procs.
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Dragon Apostles and Tiger Disciples deal more damage now.
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Shapeshifters deal more damage now with h2h and have also gained ultravision when
changed into their werewolf form.
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Poisoner's grenades now proc much more often and deal 50% more damage.
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Star Thrower's Throwing Stars deal 50% more damage.
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Axe Thrower's Throwing Axes deal 50% more damage.
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Druids have gained a new spell at level 6 called Deadly Insect Swarm. This spell is
instant cast and deals 7 x level damage a tick for 1 minute to the target and everything
40 yards around it. This spell has a cooldown of 20 seconds and is instant cast.
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Shamans gain companion spirits 28 levels lower than before. Rangers also gain these
spirits at 2 levels higher than the shaman.

Shaman: Companion Spirit level 4 Ranger: Companion Spirit level 6.
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Adventurer's Wristbands Of Power are now Adventurer's Bracers Of Power (look like plate)
but their stats have decreased a bit. The price has gone down on them as well.
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Gnashgarl drops 2 items now instead of 1 and he has more drops. (if you can kill him)
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Players can now use #mystats to see more detailed information about themselves.
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[Drakiyth]

UPDATE 05/27/12

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Server is back up and running good!
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Kael Mobs, Diablo, Sharphin and Gnashgarl are no longer poor hobos and drop a lot of plat.
Enjoy farming!
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[Drakiyth]

SMALL UPDATE 05/27/12

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All Kael chest pieces are usable at level 1 and have been enhanced with either better
cast times or new spells entirely for all classes.
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Fixed the Grand Masters glove's stats.
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